The Sun and Shade Garden in the Community Education Garden demonstrates plants that thrive in a combination of sun and shade. This list is current as of September, 2020.
Fire-resistant plants are noted with Utility Friendly trees are noted with “UF”
Trees
- Picea abies ‘Pusch’ – Pusch Norway spruce
- Pinus contorta ‘Taylor’s Sunburst’ – lodgepole pine
- Picea glauca ‘Pendula’ – weeping white spruce
- Picea pungens ‘Glauca Globosa’ – globe blue spruce – UF” 5ft – 6ft
Shrubs
- Abies balsama ‘Picolo’ – Piccolo balsam fir
- Ginkgo biloba ‘Mariken’ – maidenhair tree
- Hamamelis mollis ‘Pallida’ – Pallida Chinese witchhazel
- Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Peppermint’ – Peppermint hydrangea
- Hydrangea paniculata ‘Limelight’ – Limelight hydrangea
- Nandina domestica ‘Moom Bay’ – heavenly bamboo
- Picea abies ‘Pusch’
- Picea pungens ‘Waldbrunn’ – Waldbrunn Colorado spruce
- Pieris japonica ‘Variegata’ –variegated Japanese lily of the valley
- Pieris japonica ‘Mountain Fire’ – Mountain Fire Japanese pieris
- Pinus leucodermis (heldreichii) ‘Smidtii’ – Smidt bosnian pine
- Rhamnus frangula ‘Fine Line’ – buckthorn
- Sambucus nigra ‘Eiffel 1’ – black tower elderberry
- Sambucus racemosa ‘SMNSRD4’ – Lemony Lace elderberry
- Tsuga Canadensis ‘Jeddeloh’ – Canadian hemlock
- Viburnum carlesii ‘Diana’ – Korean spice viburnum
Perennials
- Anenome – windflower
- Athyrium filix-femina – common lady fern
- Clematis x ‘Kakio’ Pink Champagne – pink champagne clematis
- Clematis x ‘Multi-Blue’ – Multi-Blue clematis
- Delosperma floribundum ‘Starburst’ – Starburst ice plant
- Dicentra spectabilis– bleeding heart
- Epimedium – bishop’s hat
- Helleborus – lenten rose
- Heuchera ‘Midnight Bayou’ – fancy leaf coral bells
- Heuchera ‘Midnight Rose’ – coral bells
- Hosta ‘Blue Mammoth’ – hosta
- Hosta (Tardinia Group) ‘June’ – hosta
- Hosta ‘Minuteman’ – Minuteman hosta
- Nandina domestica ‘Moon Bay’ – Moon Bay heavenly bamboo
- Persicaria virginiana ‘Painters Palette’ – Painters Palette fleece flower
- Sedum spectabile ‘Jaws’ – stonecrop
- Sedum spectabile ‘Matrona’ – stonecrop
- Sedum spectabile ‘Neon’ – stonecrop
- Sedum telephium ‘Purple Emperor’
- Thymus pseudolanuginosus– woolly thyme
- Tiarella ‘Dark Star’ – foam flower
- Zantedeschia albomaculataspotted calla Lily
Grasses
- Ophiopogon planiscapus ‘Nigrescens’ – mondo grass
Community Education Gardens
CEG Overview
All Things Woody Garden
Butterfly Garden
Deer Resistant Garden
Welcome Garden
Natives ‘N More Garden
Rose Garden
Sun and Shadow Garden
Utility Friendly Trees
Vegetable Garden
Winnie the Pig Garden